Call of Duty: Black Ops II Review
Overview Well, Black Ops is back with vengeance in its sequel, Black Ops II, and it would seem that Treyarch actually had some new tricks up their sleeves. Black Ops…
Unfinished Swan Review is Finished!
It’s finished! Yes, the Unfinished Swan is finally out and available on the PlayStation Network. Firstly, and most importantly, I would like to say how happy I was to play…
Assassin’s Creed: The story so far and what you need to know
It’s been five years since Ubisoft released their IP super-giant and with Assassin’s Creed 3 just around the corner,we here at Gameverse thought it would be nice to take a…
Impressions – Red Sand: A Mass Effect Fan Film
The newest addition to video game fan films comes to us from digital video students at the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona. For over a year, this…
Resident Evil 6 Review
Alright, two things before I go into my review of CAPCOM’s latest game. One, I read somewhere that the 6 on the cover of the game looked like a giraffe…
TCBTS Part 2: An unlikely hero
XBOX Live Indie Games (XBLIG) launched in January 2012 and many believed it would usher in a golden age for independent development as it was the first time since…
Borderlands 2 Review
It’s been a long time since a game truly felt like a reward to play after a hard day at work, but with the release of Borderlands 2 on September 17th, I finally got to come home excited to play something. The best comparison I can make is the feeling of going to a club and just losing yourself in the music because that same feeling is what Gearbox was able to deliver in this sequel along with a fix for everything that players had issues with in the first game. From the beginning of the game all the way through the finish, and even the replay, I was constantly experimenting and evolving my gameplay style. Nothing got stale, and every kill was more satisfying than the last whether it was by chain stabbing people as the assassin, Zero, or unloading four hundred incendiary rounds from a sub machine gun into a wave of enemies in approximately two seconds as Maya, the Siren. (more…)
Dead Trigger
Got an itchy trigger finger? Or just need a good entertaining game to occupy your time while you are out and about? Dead Trigger by Madfinger on the Android market…
Quick Fuse Update
As a follow up to my last article about Insomniac's new title “Fuse” Insomniac games has finally released the trailer! https://youtu.be/tERz8e3rxU4 The trailer depicts the many different ways…
Personal bit on new Indie game, Faster Than Light
At first glance, this game has you wondering why you had spent 10 US greenbacks on a game that looks like it came right out of the late…
A Small Chat with Calvin French, Creator of ‘The Real Texas’
What happens when you mix The Legend of Zelda with Ultima 6? Indie game developer Calvin French answered that question with the creation of The Real Texas, a game that’s been five years in the making. The Real Texas is now available for Windows, Mac and Linux PCs over at his site. We sat down and had a small chat with him…
Q1. Why did you decide to make this game? How long did it take to develop? Has this become your “day job?”
Calvin French: The game started as an experiment with a user interface system. So I originally had in mind to just create something very simple. However it quickly expanded from there. It took about 5 years all told to make, and I’d say until about year 2 or 3 there wasn’t really a “master plan.” In the end I was able to pull a lot of different threads together into something I hope is meaningful and also makes a certain amount of logical sense. (more…)
Why Spec Ops: The Line’s Story is Important to the Future of Game Narratives
My personal interest in the shooter genre has waned over the past few years. Fatigue has started to wear on my ability to continually pull the trigger and watch…